TAT

Thematic Apperception Test

Purpose: Reveals an individual's drives, emotions, and conflicts

Format: Paper and pencil

Age range: 5 years to 79 years

Time: Two sessions of 1 hour each

DETAILS:

• The TAT is a widely used projective test for the assessment of children and adults. It is designed to reveal an individual’s perception of interpersonal relationships.

• Thirty-one picture cards serve as stimuli for stories and descriptions of relationships or social situations.

• Cards include specific subsets for boys, girls, men, and women.

• The test is useful as part of a comprehensive study of personality and in the interpretation of behavior disorders, psychosomatic illnesses, neuroses, and psychoses.